CR8 Creative Sampler Explained

Studio wiz Eli Krantzberg presents a set of comprehensive CR8 Creative Sampler video tutorials! If you're ready to start integrating this new, affordable Waves software sampler into your workflow and start enjoying its creative workflow, this course is for you. Eli walks you through the basics and then covers the advanced features and functions in detail, showing you plenty of tips and tricks along the way. These videos are for new CR8 Creative Sampler users.

Videos

• Loading Sounds (05:34) - Get started creating instruments right away, explore the presets, and learn file management basics.

• Global Controls (03:54) - See how to set the root pitch for each sample layer, switch between the four different views in CR8, and set the main global parameters for the whole instrument.

• Start, End, Fade, Loop, & Swap (07:37) - Learn how to set start, end, and loop points for loaded samples and how to keep sample parameters in place when a new sample is loaded.

• Algorithms (06:34) - Explore the sonic differences between the five internal pitch-shifting and time-stretching algorithms used in the CR8 Creative Sampler.

• Sampler Controls (07:12) - Learn more about setting the sample gain, root pitch, internal tempo, playback speed, loop length and direction, freezing playback, and imaging controls.

• COSMOS QuickStart (07:55) - Take a whirlwind tour of the main features of COSMOS, the free CR8 companion sample finder app.

• Filter Section (04:22) - Discover the four different filter types available in CR8, along with their associated parameters.

• LFO Modulation Pt. 1 (07:42) - Learn about the basic (and not so basic) LFO modulation functions, including smoothing, rate, depth, various trigger and playback options, and the creative and stimulating warp function that skews the timing of the cycle while preserving the overall cycle length.

• LFO Modulation Pt. 2 (03:48) - See how to create, save, and recall custom LFO shapes.

• Sequencer Modulation (07:44) - Explore the step sequencer modulation source and hear it used to modulate the filters on a two-layer bass sound with and without the use of filter groups.

• ADSR Envelopes Pt. 1 (05:28) - Discover how an amplitude envelope is used to shape the volume of each note over the course of its duration.

• ADSR Envelopes Pt. 2 (05:23) - Explore the use of ADSR envelopes as a modulation source targeting the filter cutoff, pan value, and freeze offset in conjunction with a step sequencer.

• Keyboard Modulators (09:31) - Watch as real-time MIDI performance functions, including key tracking, aftertouch, mod wheel, and note velocity, are used as modulation sources to create a lead instrument sound full of expressive real-time control.

• Keyboard Zones (06:55) - Learn how to map the pitch and velocity ranges of each sampler. This is useful for creating key ranges for multi samples, layering sounds based on velocity, drum mapping, and more.

• MIDI Learn & the Mixer (06:12) - See how the MIDI Learn function is used to assign knobs and faders on your keyboard for real-time control of CR8 parameters. Also learn how the mixer is used to control the basic settings for each of the up to eight sampler layers loaded into CR8.

• Using the Instrument Setup Presets Pt. 1 (08:30) - Explore some creative uses of the provided setup files, as a drum loop and synth bass instrument are created from scratch.

• Using the Instrument Setup Presets Pt. 2 (09:37) - Discover useful approaches to using the keyboard split, synth, and vocal freeze setup files.

• Volume & Timbral Rhythmic Gating (05:04) - Explore some creative ways to generate volume and timbral swells with modulation.